Black and Bold Queens is a new children’s book celebrating women in Ghana’s history
A new children’s book, Black and Bold Queens: Women in Ghana’s History explores the lives of 16 notable female pioneers and leaders in the West African country, with a strong focus on the independence period of the 1950s and 1960s. It was written by Dr Nikitta Dede Adjirakor, a writer and academic researcher in east and west African literature and popular culture. We asked her about this trailblazing project. Author NIKITTA DEDE ADJIRAKOR, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Ghana What made you decide to write the book? In 2020, during the first months of the COVID pandemic, I kept thinking…